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The Rise of Hybridization in Mobile Games: How Developers are Genre Mashing Their Way to Success

Game Refinery

We’ve been writing about the growth of ‘hybrid’ mobile games – when a title merges two or more genres to create an entirely new gameplay experience – since 2020, but hybrid games have evolved a lot since then, especially when it comes to the game genres that are being merged together.

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Stumble Guys vs. Eggy Party: Which Fall Guys Clone Is the King of Mobile?

Game Refinery

They say imitation is a form of flattery, and there’s no shortage of mobile games that share a striking similarity with other popular titles in the PC, console and mobile markets. Why isn’t there a mobile version of Fall Guys? That said, there are arguments for and against releasing a mobile version of Fall Guys.

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How to Build Better Live Events with the GameRefinery Live Events Tracker

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With 95% of game makers developing or maintaining a live service game, live events have become one of the most important elements of finding and maintaining success in not just the mobile market, but PC and console too. The mobile market is incredibly competitive and there’s a growing number of AAA console and PC developers entering the fray.

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Squad Busters One Month Later: Down, But Not Out

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The unreliability of pre-registration numbers, the overestimation of brand equity, and the waning influence of first-party featuring are soon becoming recurring themes in mobile gaming; Squad Busters' launch throws these challenges into the spotlight. Prestige chasing is a troubling aim for mobile marketers, whose primary goal is growth.

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How Call of Duty Mobile left $100M on the Table

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AAA game franchises are in the middle of a renaissance on mobile. Several of the industry’s top IPs have received high-fidelity ports that have been successful in bringing core franchise players to the mobile format. It was only a matter of time before Call of Duty would find its feet on mobile. So is COD Mobile dead?

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

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Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Created by Epic Games in 1988, Unreal has won worldwide recognition for high-end graphics and photorealistic quality and has taken the mantle as the AAA game engine. Unity is considered the best solution for mobile game development. What is Unreal?

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Call of Duty: Online is dead. Long live Call of Duty: Online!

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Making Call of Duty free Back when CoDO was conceived, consoles didn’t officially exist in China, AAA Mobile gaming was not yet a ‘thing’ and PC gaming mostly happened at Internet Cafes, where gamers paid to sit in front of computers to play, watch videos, eat, smoke and chat.

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